About Definido Tinto 2018

The grapes that make up this wine are also from different Dão Sub-Regions, where the age of the vines is between 50 and 80 years. Many of these grapes come from monovarietal vines, but also from vines with a wide mixture of grape varieties typical of the region, such as Tinta Pinheira, Tinta Carvalha, Baga, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Feminino, Tinta Roriz, Alfrocheiro, Jaen, among others.

The grapes were harvested manually and during the harvest there was a first selection of the fruit in the field, only the grapes suitable for demanding quality criteria were harvested.

These were delicately transported in 15 kg boxes and at the entrance to the cellar, the second sorting of the grapes was carried out.

Only the bunches that really turned out to be perfect were sent by gravity to the old cement vats (1962), where alcoholic fermentation occurred naturally and without any addition of chemicals and / or yeasts.

Then, part of the wine was racked to age in a noble way in French oak barrels for 20 months and the rest, after being cleaned, remained in the same cement vat. During this internship period, malolactic fermentation took place. 24 months later, each barrel was selected for the batch of Definido Red.

2053 0.75 L bottles were produced